Four winners were selected from the 12 finalists. Pictured left to right: 4th place Zach Shah; 3rd place Joey Vasconi; 2nd place Sarah Tuan; 1st place Luis Lechuga-Espadas. Congratulations to all of the 2017 Honors Competition semi-finalists and finalists!

Day 4 - US Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, our Representative of California's 19th District, walked by our students. She graciously stopped to talk with them. She spoke about her role in the Building, the joys of her job, and what her daily life was like....

Day 3 - We officially began our exploration of what our nation's capital has to offer. We started our morning at Arlington National Cemetery. We visited JFK's grave and eternal flame, and we saw the house where Robert E. Lee once lived...

Day 2 - Waking up to the hot and humid Virginian air could not dampen our excitement as we went to tour historic Williamsburg! We met up with a tour guide who led us around the town- pointing out original buildings...

Day 1 - We all successfully made it to our flights (despite unusual traffic) and attempted to sleep on the five-hour flight to D.C. After deplaning, we were met by our tour guide and taken to...breakfast?!? Could it really be time to start our day already?! But indeed, it was....